Sent in my 8080 for repair today. Had it on the macro setting and was taking shot stright down when the AF starts making buzzing/grinding noises from the lens barrel. AF and MF became inoperative and I twice got a "Zoom Error" message.

This stinks - loved the camera while it worked; hope it can be repaired under warranty.

So far Iam feeling very lucky with my C8080 as i have had no problems with the camera, except for the slight red flaring in the LCD minitor during certain lighting conditions.But Iam concerned that there seem to be a few more posts lately with C8080 cameras that have faults. Are there faults with other brand digital cameras? In a way I hope so and its not confined to Olympus products.
I have had my camera now for approx 15 weeks and it has even had a couple of knocks. Better to have problems early than later when warrenties expire.
Hope all goes well with your camera ke72jak.

Repairs??? Should have asked for advice first...the DEALER should be the one replacing it with another 8080. If you owned the camera less than a week, it should be replaced by the dealer, not repaired.

I know this is no consolation, but something like this can happen with any camera make or model...maybe yours was dropped in shipping.

Just got the the Oly back from Olympus America and couldn't be happier! works great after having the entire lense assembly replaced. I have to say that the turnaround was impressive. I mailed it overnight 8/9 and i received it fixed on 8/19 - 10 days, start to finish.

The only complaint I have is about the tracking. I never got a call or e-mail about the camera, and on their service and repair part of their website, the info on the camera only appeared for two days with nothing other than the fact that they had it.

Regardless - my expectations on the timeframe were exceeded! Now I can't wait to start taking snaps!